Yesterday we dialed 911 in a parking lot (OS bouncy?)

[Delmar]

We would do it again without a second thought.

Steve & Marta

Next time don't call the cops, call the paralegals.  It's the right thing to do.

[Bad Dog]

It's good that Nads stepped in and added some sanity & clarity to the thread.

[BlueStateSaint]

It's good that Nads stepped in and added some sanity & clarity to the thread.

That had to be one ****ed up thread, then.

[Evil_Conservative]

Why report it?  Just bash their windows out.  Let the owner of the car call the police and explain it to the dispatcher.

[EagleKeeper]

Why report it?  Just bash their windows out.  Let the owner of the car call the police and explain it to the dispatcher.

Heh...You scare me!

[Evil_Conservative]

Next time don't call the cops, call the paralegals.  It's the right thing to do.

H5!! 

[Evil_Conservative]

Heh...You scare me!

I'm really nice... promise!  Just don't leave a child or an animal locked up in a hot car (even with the windows cracked...) while you run inside "real quick".  We just had a safety reminder in the valley regarding leaving your children or animals in your car.  Cracked windows do absolutely nothing.

[Chris_]

I smell another chapter of 'Omaha Steve and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Summer'.

[Tess Anderson]

He's an attention whore.

There is just to much wrong about this post.

The Dour Marta has pretty good ears.

That is a very good reaction time.

So...the Nebraska Humane Society, I have to assume, has not yet showed up?

Exactly what I thought. The timeline does NOT add up here:

We were coming out of the store about 1 P.M. yesterday.

I called 911 and told them about the situation. It is a felony. A car arrived in 3 minutes time. I told the officer what happened. He said that the Nebraska Humane Society has to observe the act unless the dog is visibly distressed. They were on the way.

After 15 minutes the two young ladies came out of the store with only a 24 pack of beer.

and then later he says:

Omaha Steve (32,441 posts)
48. I just checked the call log in the phone it was 12:39 when I called


I'm wondering how soon the girls gave the dog some water.

Two hours later we had a little rain. The first rain in 28 days.

It is supposed to reach 100 today and Tuesday.

 

[I_B_Perky]

Why report it?  Just bash their windows out.  Let the owner of the car call the police and explain it to the dispatcher.

That was what I was thinking, EC. Great minds and all that. 

[BattleHymn]

Did Steve embrace the police officer in a sweaty hug and cry on his shoulder when he arrived, or was he content with just the sweaty hug?

[Bad Dog]

I smell another chapter of 'Omaha Steve and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Summer'.

We can only hope.

[BlueStateSaint]

Heh...You scare me!

But she's a sweetie, though.  (She'll smile as she throws the brick through the windows. )

[EagleKeeper]

I'm really nice... promise!  Just don't leave a child or an animal locked up in a hot car (even with the windows cracked...) while you run inside "real quick".  We just had a safety reminder in the valley regarding leaving your children or animals in your car.  Cracked windows do absolutely nothing.

Stand down...I got a cat that never leaves the house, well unless she needs to go to the vet and I assure you that it is most unplesent in the extreme.

But take her to the vet I do, at my own peril, she has all of her nails and she makes me bleed on a regular basis.

One of the most dangerous things I do is stuffing her into that cat carrier.

This cat is pure siamese, she talks all the damn time.

I was looking for a cat that was aloof, I chose poorly.

[Jasonw560]

I know why the girls went inside the store.





Picture yourself in a parking lot with the heat index around 110 degrees.


Now picture Steve, in all his enormity, sweating profusely, making his way over to you.    



Any questions?

Yeah, is a 12-pack each enough to get that sight out of their minds?

[BEG]

Omaha Steve (32,441 posts)
48. I just checked the call log in the phone it was 12:39 when I called


I'm wondering how soon the girls gave the dog some water.

Two hours later we had a little rain. The first rain in 28 days.

It is supposed to reach 100 today and Tuesday.

I was there from the 30th to the 3rd, I swear it rained the day before I got there. I could be wrong.

[JakeStyle]

There are a lot of Story Toppers on that thread.

[GOBUCKS]

I cannot believe that anyone thinks even one word of this bouncy tale is true.

[Big Dog]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002951843

Hey, lurking DUmmies! Check out the pictures of beer drinking dogs on Steve's thread.

Remind you of anyone?

[Chris_]

Bud Ice is poison.

[Big Dog]

Curmudgeoness (7,542 posts)
64. One thing really bothers me about this....

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the cop could do nothing unless the dog was in distress and they had to wait for the humane society. Would this be the same case if it had been a child? Wait for the child to be in distress or for child protective services to arrive? Both pets and children are at our mercy and I don't like this double standard.

DUmmie curmudgeoness, don't worry your empty little head about Omaha Steve's imaginary shelties. You should be concerned that one of your fellow DUmmies thinks you're stupid enough to lie to. Too bad for you that he's right.

If you think about it, you'll realize that fat bastard didn't stand in a store parking lot with a police officer for 15 minutes, waiting for two women to come out of a store. He's on disability, don't you know? Never know where he'll run into a man with a camera.

[lars1701c]

Hey, Steve... mind your own ****ing business.

I really dislike OS but if what he is saying is true he did not do enough, I would've smashed the car windows. OS did at least do something right in his misbegotten life by calling the police. (this is assuming this story is true) The owner of the dogs should've have the shit beat out of them.

[JohnnyReb]

Solution for dog owners in hot places: Take dog into the store with you. Put dog on leash, put on very dark sunglasses and pretend you're blind. DUmmies won't notice that instead of the dog leading you, you're dragging the dog. Casually accept all the government phone numbers and information they give you on how to get/scam/cheat your way to more government freebies. 

[jtyangel]

Curmudgeoness (7,542 posts)
64. One thing really bothers me about this....

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the cop could do nothing unless the dog was in distress and they had to wait for the humane society. Would this be the same case if it had been a child? Wait for the child to be in distress or for child protective services to arrive? Both pets and children are at our mercy and I don't like this double standard.

I dislike the humanizing of animals. Dogs are not children are not dogs. They are not equivalent in any way. I say that as someone with a dog that we adore and of course out of common decency and concern for our animal we don't leave it in extreme heat. But our family dog is not equivalent in any way to any of my children. But that's why the dog doesn't run errands with me in the first place; because I'm well aware that places of business do not make this equivalency and it's cruel to leave an animal in the car(and annoying as shit to patrons if your animal is one of those barkers defending it's car territory). IMO, unless you are making a run that is dog specific(vet, petsmart, park, drive, etc), a family event like a picnic where dog is going with, or you are making a drive thru run--leave the pooch at home and there is no temptation for the foolish to leave the dog in the car for a few minutes because of the rest of the world isn't humanizing fluffy in the same way. It's the humanizing of animals in the first place that allows for the situation where you end up somewhere and the dog can't go in with you.

[Aristotelian]

I know why the girls went inside the store.


Picture yourself in a parking lot with the heat index around 110 degrees.


Now picture Steve, in all his enormity, sweating profusely, making his way over to you.   


Any questions?

That explains the fast response time for the police too - the girls probably called the police saying there was a decidedly questionable character chasing them.